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GERMAN SHORT FILMS DURING THE BERLINALE 2020
GERMAN
SHORT FILMS
DURING THE
BERLINALE
2020
GERMAN SHORT FILMS DURING THE BERLINALE 2020
BERLINALE SHORTS

 © Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner            © Gabriele Stötzer

A DEMONSTRATION                              VEITSTANZ/FEIXTANZ
Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner               Gabriele Stötzer · GDR · 1988
Germany/Netherlands/UK · 2020                experimental · 25 min · out of competition
experimental · 25 min
                                             The ancient ritual of St Vitus’ Dance (Veits-
Inspired by the taxonomies of monsters       tanz), where groups of people danced in
in early modern science, the film explores   public until they lost consciousness is re-
and reinterprets a way of seeing the na-     created by 13 women and men in 1988 in
tural world that is almost impossible to     Erfurt.
imagine from today’s view.
                                             SAT     22 FEB        13:00   Cubix 6
SUN    23 FEB      14:00     Cubix 6         MON     24 FEB        21:30   Cubix 9
TUE    25 FEB      21:30     Cubix 9         WED     26 FEB        17:00   Collosseum 1
THU    27 FEB      17:00     Collosseum 1    THU     27 FEB        16:30   CinemaxX 3
FRI    28 FEB      13:30     Zoopalast 3     FRI     28 FEB        16:30   Zoopalast 3
FRI    28 FEB      16:30     CinemaxX 3

                                             GENERATION KPLUS

 © Nicolaas Schmidt                           © Milen Vitanov

INFLORESCENCE                                MISHOU
Nicolaas Schmidt · Germany · 2020            Milen Vitanov · Germany/Bulgaria
experimental · 8 min                         2020 · animation · 8 min
A Romantic Conceptualism Bedtime Fable       The lives of four lively Arctic hares take
of resistance & redundance, or the awk-      a turn after discovering a strange new
ward ambivalence of truth, dream, life       creature. A humorous animation about
and love. Let‘s unite to inflorescence.      friendship that doubles as a biting com-
SAT    22 FEB      13:00     Cubix 6         mentary on human ignorance.
MON    24 FEB      21:30     Cubix 9
WED    26 FEB      17:00     Collosseum 1    TUE    25 FEB         10:00   Urania
THU    27 FEB      16:30     CinemaxX 3      WED    26 FEB         09:30   Zoo Palast 1
THU    27 FEB      21:00     Moviemento      THU    27 FEB         09:30   Filmtheater am Fhain
FRI    28 FEB      16:30     Zoopalast 3     SUN    01 MAR         11:00   CinemaxX 1
GERMAN SHORT FILMS DURING THE BERLINALE 2020
FORUM EXPANDED

 © Vika Kirchenbauer & VG Bild Kunst            © Caitlin Berrigan

UNTITLED SEQUENCE OF GAPS                      IMAGINARY EXPLOSIONS,
Vika Kirchenbauer · Germany · 2020             EPISODE 2, CHAITÉN
experimental-documentary · 13 min              Caitlin Berrigan · USA/Germany · 2019
This film uses the form of an essay film       experimental-documentary · 23 min
to approach trauma-related memory loss         Contemporary science blurs with fiction
via reflections on light outside the visible   as a trans-feminist affiliation cooperates
spectrum – on what is felt but never seen.     with the desires of the mineral earth to
                                               simultaneously erupt all volcanoes.
SUN 23 FEB         13:45 Arsenal Cinema 1
MON 24 FEB         20:30 Cubix 5               group exhibition from WED 19 FEB
TUE 25 FEB         17:00 Werkstattkino         at silent green Kulturquartier
		                       @silent green
SUN 01 MAR         16:00 Kino International
                                               QUANTUM CREOLE
                                               Filipa César · Germany/France/Spain/
                                               Portugal · 2019 · documentary · 40 min
                                               QUANTUM CREOLE is an experimental
                                               documentary film of collective research
                                               into creolization, addressing its historical,
                                               ontological, and cultural forces.
                                               group exhibition from WED 19 FEB
                                               at silent green Kulturquartier

FORUM: 50TH
ANNIVERSARY
                                               EINE PRÄMIE FÜR IRENE
                                               A BONUS FOR IRENE
                                               Helke Sander · FRG · 1971 · 50 min
                                               Irene is a single mother who works in a
                                               washing machine factory. She doesn’t
                                               suffer fools gladly, whether in relation
                                               to unequal treatment at work or sexual
                                               harassment from men.
                                               MON 24 FEB 20:00       Akademie der Künste
                                               WED 26 FEB 10:00       Arsenal Cinema 1
                                               WED 26 FEB 17:30       Arsenal Cinema 1
 Quelle: Deutsche Kinemathek
GERMAN SHORT FILMS DURING THE BERLINALE 2020
EFM MARKET SCREENINGS

 © Maffick media                       © Carsten Woike Film                © www.widrichfilm.com

THE WASTE TRADE                       PATRICK IS OUTSIDE                  TX-REVERSE 360°
Katey Wilson · Germany/USA/           Carsten Woike · Germany · 2019      Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich
Italy · 2019 · documentary · 50 min   horror-satire · 30 min              Austria/Germany · 2019 · VR
                                                                          5 min
What really happens when trash        A young woman visits her in-
is bought and sold on the glo-        laws with her boyfriend to find     “tx-reverse“ shows the collision
bal market? This film explores        out that there is a dark family     of reality and cinema and draws
waste management in the age           secret that has to do with the      its viewers into a vortex in which
of globalization.                     outcast brother of her boy-         the familiar order of space and
                                      friend.                             time is suspended.
FRI 21 FEB 09:15 delphi LUX 5         WED 26 FEB 11:00 CinemaxX 12        FRI 21 FEB 17:00 VR Cinema

 © expanding focus GmbH                © Faber Courtial                    © Bicolution Pictures

A RIDE IN 2049                        APOLLO / 1ST STEP                   GETTING HIM BACK
Peter Baumann · Germany · 2019        Joerg Courtial · Germany · 2019     Bico LaFrey · Germany · 2020
infotainment/VR · 8 min               VR · 15 min                         fiction · 29 min
A RIDE IN 2049 is a Virtual Re-       “1st STEP” is a captivating VR      Emmi is desperately trying to
ality experience which shows          documentary, telling the magi-      win her boyfriend back, turn-
how deeply and comprehensive          cal story of the Apollo missions,   ing to somewhat unorthodox
computer-controlled mobili-           from their impressive launch all    methods that lead to hilariously
ty will shape our cities in the       the way through to their fortu-     absurd situations with quirky
future.                               nate return on earth.               characters and dry humor.
SAT 22 FEB 11:00 VR Cinema            MON 24 FEB 11:30 VR Cinema          WED 26 FEB 14:20 CinemaxX 12

MARE NOSTRUM                                                              HESSEN TALENTS 2020
THE NIGHTMARE                                                             A selection of the best student
Stefania Casini · Germany/Italy                                           films from the 2019 production
2019 · VR · 11 min                                                        of 4 academies within the Ger-
                                                                          man State of Hesse - presented
A nightmarish journey of a ju-
                                                                          by the networking institution
venile refugee from the Sahara
                                                                          Hessen Film and Media Aca-
to the Mediterranean. A live
                                                                          demy.
action, VR 360° experience ena-
bles the viewer to experience          © hFMA                             WED 26 FEB 11:00 CinemaxX 11
the unfolding tragedy.
MON 24 FEB 12:00 VR Cinema
GERMAN SHORT FILMS DURING THE BERLINALE 2020
BERLINALE TALENTS                              WOCHE DER KRITIK
SHORT FORM STATION PRESEN-
TATION: 10 SHORT FORM
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
Short Form Station supports the develop-
ment of 10 projects across all genres,
showcasing great artistic and narrative
variety and freedom. At the public presen-      © Luise Donschen
tation, film professionals can get to know
the projects and meet with the filmmakers      GANZE TAGE ZUSAMMEN
who would like to share the results of a
week‘s work with you!
                                               ENTIRE DAYS TOGETHER
                                               Luise Donschen · Germany · 2019 · fiction
The presentation includes projects by
                                               10 min
German directors Laurentia Genske and
Michael Fetter Nathansky.                      A young woman is losing her epilepsy. The
                                               last days before the summer vacation
Access to the Gropius Bau Cinema is re-        begin and she is supposed to say good-
stricted. Please register with: schluessel@    bye to her illness as well as to the shared
berlinale.de                                   familiar place.
For more information about the projects,       TUE 25 FEB 20:00 Hackesche Höfe Kino
please visit www.berlinale-talents.de          SUN 01 MAR 10:00 Hackesche Höfe Kino
WED 26 FEB 12:00-14:00 EFM - Gropius Bau

SCREENING SHORTS: WE ARE
MANY – EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
Talents come in multitudes! This captivating
collection of films drawn from Berlinale
Shorts and Generation features the best
work of alumni and friends.
For accredited Berlinale guests and the
public. Tickets available at the respective
ticket counters.                                © Oliver Bassemir

→ Girl and Body · Charlotte Mars               [BORDEAUX], MA BILE
Australia, 19 min                              Oliver Bassemir · Germany/France · 2019
→ Clebs (Mutts) · Halima Ouardiri              essay, documentary · 10 min
Canada, Morocco · 18 min
→ A Fool God · Hiwot Admasu Getaneh            Bordeaux has around 260,000 inhabitants
France · 20 min                                and more than 6 million tourists per year.
→ Playback. Ensayo de una despedida            Around the sealed historical center, the
Agustina Comedi · Argentina · 14 min           shape of the city is changing fast.
→ Genius Loci · Adrien Mérigeau
                                               THU 20 FEB 20:00 Hackesche Höfe Kino
France · 16 min
                                               SUN 01 MAR 18:15 Hackesche Höfe Kino
In cooperation with Berlinale Shorts and
Generation.
THU 27 FEB 14:00-16:00 HAU1
GERMAN SHORT FILMS DURING THE BERLINALE 2020
INDUSTRY SCREENING FOR CINEMAS
                             SHORT.FILM.TOUR. 2020
                             THE GERMAN SHORT FILM
                             AWARD. IN CINEMAS.
                             During their stopover at the Berlinale, the
                             German Short Film Association presents
                             the outstanding films nominated for or
                             awarded the German Short Film Award
                             in 2019. We are looking forward to some
                             of the filmmakers being present for the
                             screening. Individualised programs can
                             be compiled from all thirteen participa-
                             ting films and booked for screenings in
                             Germany or abroad.

                             SUN 23 FEB 15:30 Hackesche Höfe Kinos
                             (German without subtitles)

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                                    @agkurzfilm
                              www.kurzfilmtournee.de

Come and visit the AG Kurzfilm – German Short Film Association and
German Films. Pick up the catalogue GERMAN SHORT FILMS 2020 and
the new preview DVDs at the European Film Market.
Gropius Bau - Ground Floor - Stand No. 17
phone +49-30-7 80 95 64 17

www.german-films.de   www.ag-kurzfilm.de
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